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Series GSE120152 Query DataSets for GSE120152
Status Public on Jan 25, 2021
Title Two promoter types induce tissue-specific effector genes in the late Drosophila embryo [ChIP-Seq]
Organism Drosophila melanogaster
Experiment type Genome binding/occupancy profiling by high throughput sequencing
Summary TATA box-containing promoters are often associated with tissue-specific effector genes, genes that are important for the structure and function of differentiated tissues. The underlying reason for this promoter preference is unclear, in part because tissue-specific genes have not been studied as widely as genes that drive embryonic development. To fill this gap in knowledge, we performed single-cell RNA-seq on differentiated cells derived from the late Drosophila embryo, identified the various tissues and analyzed the relationship between promoter types and gene expression across tissues. Our analysis confirmed the usage of TATA-containing promoters but revealed that tissue-specific effector genes are induced by two distinct promoter types, which have different mechanisms of regulation by RNA polymerase II (Pol II) and different expression characteristics. TATA-enriched promoters are highly tissue-specific and are only occupied by Pol II in the tissue in which they are active; the other promoter type is depleted in TATA motifs and shows high levels of paused Pol II throughout the embryo, even in tissues where the genes are not expressed. Interestingly, the single-cell RNA-seq data revealed that the paused promoters have more robust expression when expressed, but have higher background expression in tissues where these genes are not expressed. TATA genes, on the other hand, have little background expression, but larger variations in expression among the cells that show expression. To explain this difference, we propose that TATA-containing promoters have a higher activation barrier, but preferentially evolve in tissue-specific genes due to their strong activation potential and higher evolvability.
 
Overall design ScRNAseq, RNAseq and Tissue Specific ChIP-Seq or ATAC-Seq was performed in Drosphila embryos.
 
Contributor(s) Ramalingam V, Natarajan M, Johnston J, Zeitlinger J
Citation(s) 33543829
Submission date Sep 18, 2018
Last update date Feb 16, 2021
Contact name Julia Zeitlinger
E-mail(s) jbz@stowers.org
Organization name Stowers Institute
Street address 1000 E 50th St
City Kansas City
ZIP/Postal code 64110
Country USA
 
Platforms (2)
GPL13304 Illumina HiSeq 2000 (Drosophila melanogaster)
GPL19132 Illumina NextSeq 500 (Drosophila melanogaster)
Samples (11)
GSM3394953 Pol II ChIP in 14-17hrs OregonR embryos Rep1
GSM3394954 Pol II ChIP in 14-17hrs OregonR embryos Rep2
GSM3394955 Pol II ChIP in 2-4hrs OregonR embryos Rep1
This SubSeries is part of SuperSeries:
GSE120157 Two promoter types induce tissue-specific effector genes in the late Drosophila embryo
Relations
BioProject PRJNA491739
SRA SRP162063

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